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Heavy Neutrinos and Lepton Number Violation in lp Colliders

We discuss the prospects of studying lepton number violating processes in order to identify Majorana neutrinos from low scale seesaw mechanisms at lepton-proton colliders. In particular, we consider the scenarios of colliding electrons with LHC energy protons and, motivated by the efforts towards th...

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Autores principales: Blaksley, Carl, Blennow, Mattias, Bonnet, Florian, Coloma, Pilar, Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.06.021
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1348327
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author Blaksley, Carl
Blennow, Mattias
Bonnet, Florian
Coloma, Pilar
Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique
author_facet Blaksley, Carl
Blennow, Mattias
Bonnet, Florian
Coloma, Pilar
Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique
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description We discuss the prospects of studying lepton number violating processes in order to identify Majorana neutrinos from low scale seesaw mechanisms at lepton-proton colliders. In particular, we consider the scenarios of colliding electrons with LHC energy protons and, motivated by the efforts towards the construction of a muon collider, the prospects of muon-proton collisions. We find that present constraints on the mixing of the Majorana neutrinos still allow for a detectable signal at these kind of facilities given the smallness of the Standard Model background. We discuss possible cuts in order to further increase the signal over background ratio and the prospects of reconstructing the neutrino mass from the kinematics of the final state particles.
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spelling cern-13483272023-03-14T19:44:34Zdoi:10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.06.021http://cds.cern.ch/record/1348327engBlaksley, CarlBlennow, MattiasBonnet, FlorianColoma, PilarFernandez-Martinez, EnriqueHeavy Neutrinos and Lepton Number Violation in lp CollidersParticle Physics - PhenomenologyWe discuss the prospects of studying lepton number violating processes in order to identify Majorana neutrinos from low scale seesaw mechanisms at lepton-proton colliders. In particular, we consider the scenarios of colliding electrons with LHC energy protons and, motivated by the efforts towards the construction of a muon collider, the prospects of muon-proton collisions. We find that present constraints on the mixing of the Majorana neutrinos still allow for a detectable signal at these kind of facilities given the smallness of the Standard Model background. We discuss possible cuts in order to further increase the signal over background ratio and the prospects of reconstructing the neutrino mass from the kinematics of the final state particles.We discuss the prospects of studying lepton number violating processes in order to identify Majorana neutrinos from low scale seesaw mechanisms at lepton–proton colliders. In particular, we consider the scenarios of colliding electrons with LHC energy protons and, motivated by the efforts towards the construction of a muon collider, the prospects of muon–proton collisions. We find that present constraints on the mixing of the Majorana neutrinos still allow for a detectable signal at these kind of facilities given the smallness of the Standard Model background. We discuss possible cuts in order to further increase the signal over background ratio and the prospects of reconstructing the neutrino mass from the kinematics of the final state particles.We discuss the prospects of studying lepton number violating processes in order to identify Majorana neutrinos from low scale seesaw mechanisms at lepton-proton colliders. In particular, we consider the scenarios of colliding electrons with LHC energy protons and, motivated by the efforts towards the construction of a muon collider, the prospects of muon-proton collisions. We find that present constraints on the mixing of the Majorana neutrinos still allow for a detectable signal at these kind of facilities given the smallness of the Standard Model background. We discuss possible cuts in order to further increase the signal over background ratio and the prospects of reconstructing the neutrino mass from the kinematics of the final state particles.arXiv:1105.0308CERN-PH-TH-2011-094EURONU-WP6-11-32IFT-UAM-CSIC-11-25MPP-2011-50CERN-PH-TH-2011-094EURONU-WP6-11-32IFT-UAM-CSIC-11-25 MPP-2011-50oai:cds.cern.ch:13483272011-05-03
spellingShingle Particle Physics - Phenomenology
Blaksley, Carl
Blennow, Mattias
Bonnet, Florian
Coloma, Pilar
Fernandez-Martinez, Enrique
Heavy Neutrinos and Lepton Number Violation in lp Colliders
title Heavy Neutrinos and Lepton Number Violation in lp Colliders
title_full Heavy Neutrinos and Lepton Number Violation in lp Colliders
title_fullStr Heavy Neutrinos and Lepton Number Violation in lp Colliders
title_full_unstemmed Heavy Neutrinos and Lepton Number Violation in lp Colliders
title_short Heavy Neutrinos and Lepton Number Violation in lp Colliders
title_sort heavy neutrinos and lepton number violation in lp colliders
topic Particle Physics - Phenomenology
url https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.06.021
http://cds.cern.ch/record/1348327
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